Resident Evil 6 demo available September 18

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If you’re itching to try out Resident Evil 6and didn’t pick up Dragon’s Dogma earlier this year, you’re in luck. The Resident Evil 6 demo is coming to PSN and Xbox Live Gold members on September 18. Non Gold members will have to wait until the 25th to sample it.

The demo will give you an opportunity to try out all three main characters campaigns, including the online co-op function. Leon’s campaign is much more classic Resident Evil, and you’ll see him walking down dark train lines with zombie dogs and very fast moving human zombies for company. Your co-op partner will get grabbed by the mass of zombies so shoot, kick, and wiggle that analog stick to stay safe. Don’t forget those oncoming trains, either. As Leon and/or his partner Helena, you will have less ammo too, forcing you to really focus on survival.

Chris’ and Pier’s campaign is a lot more action based. You’ll have a lot more ammo — expect machine guns instead of pistols, and even the zombie will have guns so be warned. There’s flying BOWs, button mashing scenes, and you’ll be split up from your partner at one point so even though it’s more action based than Leon’s you’ll still need to execute caution to survive.

Lastly there’s Jake, spawn of Wesker, and Sherry’s campaign. You’ll start off having a giant, seemingly unstoppable monster chasing you so it’s time to run and make sure you get those QTE’s right or the demo will be over sooner than you’d like. You’ll eventually have to find a way to take him down as well as combating other zombies with guns at the same time. Hint: red barrels and remote bombs are your friends.

Xbox Dragon’s Dogma owners have been able to play this Resi 6 demo for months, but PS3 players who picked up the game had to wait and finally get to play it tomorrow. Everyone else, there’s a little over a week to go before your download can begin.